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Hollywood Woman Shot and Killed Over Financial Dispute; Suspect Arrested: LAPD
ktla ^ | 03:10am, July 25, 2015 | Kennedy Ryan

Posted on 07/25/2015 10:41:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin

A 31-year-old man was arrested Friday night in the death of a Hollywood woman who was shot in the back of the head in an apparent dispute over money, police said.

Carrie Jean Melvin, 30, was walking with her boyfriend in Hollywood near Sunset Boulevard and McCadden Place (map), when she was shot on July 5, Los Angeles Police Department officials said.

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Obioha and Melvin knew each other and had a financial dispute, Preciado said.

The shooter approached wordlessly and fired on Melvin from behind, hitting her in the back of the head, and then fled in a black sedan, according to police.

The gunman was described only as a black man in his 30s wearing dark clothing.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


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To: dennisw

Even if you’re sentenced to death, you’ll be on death row for decades.


21 posted on 07/25/2015 5:35:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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